Eating vegan, running long distances and being 20-something.

Category: Travel

I woke up for my last long run of my backpacking trip (!!) at 7. I did 3 miles in the back streets of Hambantota, encountering one very aggressive stray, before doing the rest of my run on a big street looping around a reservoir. Although I’m really sad that my trip is almost over, … More 7/22/18: The Final Long Run

We were woken up by the alarm clock at 5:05. I was so tired and didn’t want to move, but I had to. Our safari jeep was coming to pick us up in 25 minutes. I got dressed, brushed my teeth, and got my stuff together. I introduced myself to our safari driver/guide, Milan, and … More 7/21/18: Crocodile Attack

I decided to go out for a walk since Adrian was still sleeping when I got up at 7. I walked to the beach and then up to the main road. I wanted to find a coffee. I walked into Barista Coffee, which had coconut milk! Hurray! But they also spelled quiche “kish,” which was … More 7/20/18: Broken Down Tuk Tuk

I woke up at 6:30 and couldn’t fall back asleep. I read my book and waited for Adrian to wake up. Around 8:30, we went out to the lobby area to have breakfast. Michael, the hostel worker, made us omelettes and bread. I gave my omelette to Adrian and ate my bread with bananas and … More 7/19/18: Food, Beach, More Food (Unawatuna, Sri Lanka)

I went for a 6-mile run and somehow found a lake and dirt trails in the middle of Colombo. We bought breakfast from a local restaurant— paratha and daal— and ate it at the guesthouse. It was really good and really filling. We walked over to the Tuk Tuk Rental office to get our tuk-tuk. … More 7/18/18: Tuk-tuk Road Trip, Day 1 (Sri Lanka)

I was going to run right after I woke up at 6:45, but it was pouring out so I stayed in. Around 7:30, the rain had stopped so I decided to go out for a short jog. I ran through the nearby village in Hatton and then came back to the guesthouse, Niwasa House, at … More 7/17/18: Boring Biryani

We weren’t sure what to do once we were awake. Do we stay in Nallathaniya and see if we can do the hike to Adam’s Peak, or go back to Hatton so that our trip back to Colombo on the 17th is a bit shorter? The weather wasn’t looking any better, so we asked the … More 7/16/18: Adam’s Peak Fail

My alarm went of at 6:15 so I could do my long run before we had to leave for the train to Hatton. The first couple miles were uneventful, though they were all uphill and quite tiring. About 2.5 miles in, a small dog suddenly started sprinting towards me. I yelled, “hey!” many times, but … More 7/15/18: Smuggling Beer

The alarm went off at 5. We were on our way to Little Adam’s Peak by 5:15. We got to the first main viewpoint at 5:30, and then went a bit further to the second, more secluded viewpoint that I was at the day before. There were a few others there. It was still really … More 7/14/18: 2 Hikes, 1 Day

We had to wake up at 8, as this was the time we told the hotel owner we wanted breakfast. We were a bit hungover and very tired. We’d only slept about 5 hours. The breakfast was HUGE. I really can’t tell if breakfasts here are always this big, if they’re feeding us because they … More 7/13/18: Hiking, Walking, Eating (A Lot)